5618-8205 - IBM i Series E4B, Storage Backplane -- 6 SFF Bays/ S

IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#5618) - Storage Backplane -- 6 SFF Bays/ SATA DVD/HH Tape

This feature provides a storage backplane which supports six SFF(Small Form Factor) HDDs or SSDs and connections for a slimline SATA DVD and a half high tape for either a tape drive or USB removable disk drive. SFF drives are supported using JBOD or RAID-0. Split backplane (3x3) and RAID-10 support requires additional feature #5631. No PCi slot for the controller. This feature does not provide RAID-5/6, write cache, or an external SAS port.

Attributes provided: Storage Backplane

Attributes required: None

For 8202-E4B: (#5618)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 1 (Initial order maximum: 1)

OS level required:

AIX Version 5.3 supported

AIX Version 6.1 supported

AIX Version 7.1 supported

SUSE Linux supported

Red Hat Linux supported

Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note:

Either #5618 or #5630 required.